Family Connections Work Site
Budget

ITEM
HOURS
$ PER
HOUR
FIXED
COST
TOTAL
COST
PLANNING
Define Target Audience
5
65
NA
325
Investigate Competition
15
65
NA
975
Assess Staff Needs
NA
NA
NA
NA
Assess Hardware and Connectivity Needs
NA
NA
NA
NA
Assess Software Needs
1
65
NA
65
Assess Site Goals
10
65
NA
650
Project Management
180
65
NA
11700
DESIGN
Navigation Design
70
65
NA
4550
Conceptual Design (Look and Feel)
100
65
NA
6500
Storyboarding/Description/Keywords
10
65
NA
650
Write Content
15
65
NA
975
Edit Content
100
65
NA
6500
Preparation of Graphics and Images
130
65
NA
8450
Develop HTML
200
65
NA
13000
DEPLOYMENT AND TESTING
Quality Assurance Testing
75
65
NA
4875
Uploading
20
65
NA
1300
PROMOTION
Announce Launch
5
65
NA
325
Listing in Search Engines
5
65
NA
325
MAINTENANCE
Fixing Bugs and Link "Rot"
NA
NA
NA
NA
Updating Content
NA
NA
NA
NA
Web Hosting
NA
NA
400
400
Web Server Administration
4
65
NA
260
TOTAL
945
$65
$400
$61,825

ASSUMPTIONS
1. Total hours: each person on the five-member team worked 21 hours per week (three hours per day) for nine weeks.
2. Hourly cost: research on the web indicated that the average cost of web services is approximately $65 per hour for clients that are nonprofit organizations.
3. Web hosting: cost is $20 per month for 12 months.
4. Web server administration: hours indicated are those to date; this amount may increase.